Material Selection

MDX benchtop mills support a wide range of materials used in rapid prototyping and manufacturing – Choose from ABS, acrylic, aluminum, chemical woods, plaster, styrene, Acetal, Nylon and FDA approved plastics.

LEFT: Finished phone prototype with wood, ABS and aluminum parts milled by the MDX-540.
RIGHT: ABS iPod prototype case milled with SRP.

LEFT: Acrylic wheel milled using Subtractive Rapid Prototyping (SRP).
RIGHT: Tooling board gear shift knob prototype created with the MDX-50, shown with finished parts.

Short-run industrial parts, prototypes and molds milled with SRP on wax, aluminum, ABS, Acetal and acrylic.

Acrylic, Acetal and other plastic materials are perfect for SRP.